Monika Treut
Known for
Directing
Born
April 6, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Mönchengladbach, Germany
Biography
Monika Treut (1954, Mönchengladbach, Germany) is an award-winning director and writer of documentaries and features. She has been teaching film at various universities in the U.S. and served on juries at international film festivals like Toronto (TIFF), Amsterdam (IDFA), and many others. At the Berlin Film Festival 2017, she was awarded the Special Teddy for her lifetime achievement.
Best known work
Of Girls and Horses
2014
Ghosted
2009
Erotique
1994
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986
Virgin Machine
1989
Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
1999
Female Misbehavior
1992
My Father Is Coming
1991
Danish Girls Show Everything
1996
Didn't Do It For Love
1998Filmography
2026
Cooking Up DemocracyDirector, Writer
2026
Fucking Different GenerationsDirector
2026
No Mercyas Self
2025
Mona Mur in Conversationas Self (archive footage)
2021
Genderationas Self, Director
2019
2016
Zona NorteProducer, Director, Book
2015
Masculinity/Femininityas Self
2014
Of Girls and HorsesDirector, Writer
2014
Acting Out: 25 Years of Queer Film & Community in Hamburgas Monika Treut, Supervising Producer
2012
The Raw and the CookedDirector
2009
GhostedWriter, Director
2005
Made in TaiwanScreenplay, Producer, Director
2005
Tigerwomen Grow WingsDirector
2003
AxensprungDirector
2003
Begegnung mit Werner SchroeterDirector
2001
Warrior of LightDirector, Writer
1999
Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identitiesas Self, Director, Writer, Producer
1998
Didn't Do It For LoveDirector, Writer
1998
Lavender Limelightas Self
1996
Danish Girls Show EverythingDirector
1994
ErotiqueDirector, Writer, Producer
1994
Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war daas Sozialarbeiterin
1992
Female MisbehaviorWriter, Producer, Director
1992
MaxDirector, Producer